Mikra - Hanukkah, Part II

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Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom and torah.org?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Mikra       by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom       Print Version
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Mitzvat Hanukkah (I) III REEVALUATING THE CELEBRATION The questions raised above are premised on two points - conventionally held but by no means necessary - relating to the celebration of Hanukkah. We are accustomed to reading normative statements in the Gemara - especially in the codified form of Mishnah/Baraita - as legislated enactments. When we read the Gemara further on which stipulates which B'rakhot are said when lighting Nerot Hanukkah, we read that (correctly) as a reflection of Rabbinic legislation.

Mikra - Hanukkah, Part I

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom and torah.org?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Mikra         by Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom         Print Version
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Mitzvat Hanukkah (I) [As we did last year, we will "take a break" from analyzing the weekly Parashah, preferring to investigate some of the Halakhic nuances of Ner Hanukkah and some of the implications of this Mitzvah. This week we will review and analyze the central Sugya in Massechet Shabbat which details the hierarchy of levels of performance of the Mitzvah. Next week's issue will be devoted to a wonderful "depth-analysis" of this Sugya by Rav Avraham Yitzchak haKohen Kook zt"l.] I

The Temple Institute, And His Brothers Hearkened

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The Temple Institute?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

"And His Brothers Hearkened" (Genesis 37:27) Kislev 19, 5772/December 15, 2011 "He's a born leader." We've all heard that expression. Perhaps we've even used it ourselves in describing someone who seems to possess a natural ability to direct and to influence others. But is there really such a thing as a born leader? Our Torah reading ofVayeshev would suggest not. At least not a true leader of men, one who leads in the way of Torah, attuned at all times to the will of G-d. Vayeshev follows closely the slow and painful emergence of two true leaders of Israel: Yosef and Yehudah. While it is abundantly clear that the young outgoing Yosef is an ambitious possessor of great dreams and vision, the qualities of the introspective Yehudah are much more subtly noted. But what both Yosef and Yehudah lack, what no one is born with, but must acquire through the vicissitudes of life, is humility.

Messianic Israel Alliance, Vayeshev

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Messianic Israel Alliance?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

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Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1 to 40:23 Choose a commentary to read (or read all of them!):

Parashat Vayeishev 5772 ● Tamar's wisdom ● Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh

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Harav Ginsburgh and inner.org?

That through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

by innerorg on Dec 16, 2011

The sages learn that if faced with a situation in which one might come to embarrass another person in public, it is better to throw oneself into a fiery furnace. What exactly do the sages mean when they say this? Is embarrassing someone publicly really such a grave sin? And, how did Tamer with her great wisdom solve this dilemma when it came to embarrassing Judah?